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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 28 · 1974

Sambhal

Winner — 1974

SHAFIQUR REHMAN BARQ
BKD· Grand Alliance
BKD 22.9%INC 21.5%6 others 55.5%
Votes
16,532
22.9% share
Winning margin
1,005
1.4% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
66.3%
of 1,08,746

Sambhal was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.4% — fewer than 1,005 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHAFIQUR REHMAN BARQ
Grand Alliance
16,53222.9%
2
MAHMOOD HASAN KHAN
Congress (R)
15,52721.6%
3
MUKHTAR AHMAD
MUL
9,91313.8%
4
SATYA PAL
IND
7,97511.1%
5
PHOOL SINGH
IND
7,27510.1%
6
JAGRAM SINGH
6,8359.5%
7
KISHAN LAL
Grand Alliance
6,6389.2%
8
MUKTESHWARI PRASAD
IND
1,3581.9%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (205th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 7.0% · min 0.2% · max 38.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
205th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
348th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
339th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
424 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BKD 22.9%INC 21.6%MUL 13.8%IND 11.1%IND 10.1%NCO 9.5%OTH 11.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
47,72,006
Density
1283 / km²
Sex ratio
906 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,718 km²
SC population15.3%
ST population0.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
52%HINDU
Hindu 52.1%Muslim 47.1%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water34.0%
Electricity35.9%
Sanitation63.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births80.3%
Children fully vaccinated84.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Children underweight (under 5)27.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Women literate66.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER9.6%
Clean cooking fuel58.3%
Health insurance17.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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